Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Shanghai–Nanjing section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway corridor
Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway Shanghai–Nanjing section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway corridor
	A train on Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway in Qixia District, Nanjing
Overview
Native name	沪宁城际铁路; 沪宁城际线; 沪宁城际高速铁路; 沪宁高铁; 沪宁城铁
Status	Operational
Owner	CR Shanghai
Locale	Shanghai & Jiangsu province; China
Termini	Shanghai Hongqiao; Shanghai; Nanjing South; Nanjing;
Stations	31
Service
Type	High-speed rail
System	China Railway High-speed
Train number(s)	G70xx (Intercity); Dxxxx (Cross-line D train); G7xxx, when the 1st x isn’t 0 (Short distance crossline G train)
Operator(s)	CR Shanghai
Rolling stock	Current: CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH380B CRH380BL CRH380CL CRH380D CR400AF, CR400BF; Former: CRH3C CRH380A CRH380AL
Daily ridership	180,000 per day (2011)
History
Opened	July 1, 2010; 14 years ago
Technical
Line length	301 km (187 mi) (Main line)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	4,000 m (2.5 mi)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	300 km/h (190 mph) (operation speed); 350 km/h (220 mph) (designed speed)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Beijing–Shanghai railway, Nanjing–Qidong railway,
	Hefei–Nanjing HSR towards Linchang
	Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
	Zhenjiang South and Nanjing South
	Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
	Danyang North and Shanghai Hongqiao
	Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
	Suzhou North and Nanjing South
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The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway or Huning intercity railway (simplified Chinese: 沪宁城际铁路; traditional Chinese: 滬寧城際鐵路; pinyin: Hù–Níng Chéngjì Tiělù) is a 301-kilometer (187 mi)-long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. Hù and Níng are shorthand Chinese names for Shanghai and Nanjing, respectively. The Huning intercity high-speed railway largely follows the route of the preexisting Nanjing-Shanghai section of the conventional Beijing–Shanghai railway and the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Construction of this high-speed railway began in July 2008. The line went into test operations in early April 2010, and opened for full service on July 1, 2010.^[3] The line has a design speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).^[4] The journey time between the two cities has been shortened from 120 minutes to 73 minutes on nonstop trains. According to the arrangements of related departments, 120 pairs of trains are operating on the line, and the time interval between services is 5 minutes at the shortest.^[5]

CRH2C is entering Suzhou railway station

The railway links major cities in the Yangtze River Delta, including Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, effectively making the southern Jiangsu city-belt operate like a single metropolitan region.

The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway is also used by the majority of high-speed trains leaving Shanghai's terminals for Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, and Chengdu^[6] thus making it de facto a part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway.

Route

To scale map of the Huning HSR

Stations

The Shanghai–Nanjing high-speed railway has 21 stations altogether along its route. In both Shanghai and Nanjing, this railway's trains may use either one of two different terminals (Shanghai railway station or Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, and Nanjing railway station or Nanjing South railway station in Nanjing).

Due to the alignment of the rail line, some stations along it are shared with the conventional Beijing–Shanghai Railway (Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Nanjing), while three others are shared with the new Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (Shanghai Hongqiao, Kunshan South, Nanjing South). Due to comparatively frequent spacing of stations on the Shanghai–Nanjing high-speed railway, quite a few of them are situated at locations not served by either of the two other railways.

List of stations:

Station	Chinese	Distance (km)	Prefecture-level City	Province / Municipality	Metro transfers

Nanjing	南京	0.00	Nanjing	Jiangsu	1 3
Xianlin	仙林		Nanjing
Baohuashan (closed)	宝华山		Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang	镇江
Dantu	丹徒
Danyang	丹阳
Changzhou	常州		Changzhou		1
Qishuyan	戚墅堰		Changzhou
Huishan	惠山		Wuxi
Wuxi	无锡				1 3
Wuxi Xinqu	无锡新区				3
Suzhou Xinqu	苏州新区		Suzhou		3 6 (u/c) Suzhou Tram Line T2
Suzhou	苏州				2 4
Suzhou Industrial Park	苏州园区				3 8 (u/c)
Yangchenghu	阳澄湖				11 (via Zhengyi)
Kunshan South	昆山南
Huaqiao (closed)	花桥
Anting North	安亭北		N/A	Shanghai
Shanghai Hongqiao	上海虹桥				2 10 17
Nanxiang North	南翔北
Shanghai West	上海西				11 15
Shanghai	上海				1 3 4

Jiangsu Province

Nanjing City

Zhenjiang City

Baohuashan (closed 10 April 2020)
Zhenjiang (bus connection available to Yangzhou)
Dantu
Danyang

Changzhou City

Wuxi City

Suzhou City

Shanghai Municipality

At Shanghai Hongqiao, some trains arriving from Nanjing continue to the Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway, providing a one-seat service along the entire Nanjing–Shanghai–Hangzhou line.